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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Ministry of Health releases Operational Guidelines for Planning and Implementation of Family Participatory Care
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare recently released Operational Guidelines for Planning and Implementation of Family Participatory Care  for improving newborn health. The guidelines will serve as a guiding document for those intending to introduce FPC in their facility as an integral part of facility based newborn care. The document also provides details of infrastructure, training, role of health care providers and steps in the operationalization of FPC in the newborn care unit. The operational guidelines of FPC are for all stakeholders involved in the process of planning and delivering newborn care.
The guidelines also addresses various aspects of attitudes, infrastructural modifications and practice that will help in establishing FPC at Special Newborn Care Units  such as sensitization of State and District Managers on FPC, prioritization of SNCUs for initiating FPC, making required infrastructural enhancement in SNCU, creating family participatory care environment in SNCU, ensuring availability of supplies for parents-attendants, training of SNCU staff for SNCU, role of healthcare providers for FPC implementation and institutional support for FPC.
Under FPC, the capacities of parents-attendants are built in newborn care through a structured training programme . The staff at newborn care unit will provide continuous supervision and support. Provisions for infrastructure and logistics strengthening required for implementing FPC are ensured in the annual state Program Implementation Plan . The guidelines will be shared with the States for implementation and it is expected that these guidelines when implemented by States would further improve the quality of care being provided in the SNCUs across the country.
Sick and newborn are highly vulnerable and require careful nurturing in order to survive the neonatal period and first year of life. Under National Health Mission, more than 700 state of the art Special Newborn Care Units  have been established across the country to provide 24 X 7 comprehensive care to the newborns by dedicated trained staff.
In the recent years, it is realized that if parents are trained, during the stay of their babies in the hospital, to provide supportive care to their sick and newborns, it will help in not only improving survival of the babies after discharge but will also provide for psycho-social and developmental needs of the newborn. In this regard, Family Participatory Care has emerged as an important concept of health care which provides for partnership between health care staff and families in care of sick newborns admitted in the SNCU.
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Payroll Reporting in India – A Formal Employment Perspective
The National Statistical Office , Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the press note on Employment Outlook of the country covering the period September, 2017 to July, 2023 based on the administrative records available with selected government agencies to assess the progress in certain dimensions.
A detailed note is annexed.
Prime Minister's Office
PM congratulates Ms. Mette Frederiksen for her re-election as the Prime Minister of Denmark
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated Ms. Mette Frederiksen for her re-election as the Prime Minister of Denmark.
The Prime Minister tweeted;
"Warm congratulations to Ms. Mette Frederiksen for her re-election as the Prime Minister of Denmark. I look forward to continuing our cooperation in strengthening the India-Denmark Green Strategic Partnership. @Statsmin".
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Vessel Capsized at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee port
Kolkata , 24th March, 2022
A Chittagong bound Vessel M/v Marine Trust capsized at Netaji Shubhas Dock of Shyama Prasad Mukherji Port  Kolkata at 10: 40 AM today. The Vessel completed its loading at around 9AM today. It was destined to Chittagong Port in Bangladesh with 165 containers. After the capsized 18 numbers of 20ft containers directly went into the water and 10 numbers of 40ft containers are floating on the water surface, which was secured by tying ropes.
All possible measures are being undertaken to control the situation and minimise the loss to cargo or vessel. There is no human loss. Investigation is initiated with terminal operators, salvage operators and insurance companies.
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Prime Minister's Office
English translation of Prime Minister’s Opening remarks at the 20th ASEAN-India Summit
Your Excellency, President Joko Widodo,
Your Majesty,
Excellencies,
Namaskar
Our partnership is entering its fourth decade.
In this regard, co-chairing the India-ASEAN Summit brings me great pleasure.
For the splendid organization of this summit, I heartily congratulate and express my gratitude to President Widoḍo.
I also extend my congratulations to the capable leadership of the ASEAN group.
I offer my heartfelt congratulations to Prime Minister His Excellency Hun Manet of Cambodia for recently assuming office.
I also welcome Prime Minister His Excellency Xanana Gusmão of Timor-Leste as an Observer in this meeting.
Your Majesty, Excellencies,
Our history and geography connect India and ASEAN.
Along with shared values, regional unity,
Peace, prosperity, and a shared belief in a multipolar world also binds us together.
ASEAN is the central pillar of India's Act East Policy.
India fully supports ASEAN centrality and ASEAN's outlook on the Indo-Pacific.
ASEAN holds a prominent place in India's Indo-Pacific initiative.
Last year, we celebrated the India-ASEAN Friendship Year and elevated our relationship to a 'Comprehensive Strategic Partnership'.
Your Majesty, Excellencies,
Today, even in an environment of global uncertainties, there is continuous progress in every field in our mutual cooperation.
This is a testament to the strength and resilience of our relationship.
The theme of this year's ASEAN Summit is 'ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth.'
ASEAN matters because here everyone's voice is heard, and ASEAN is the epicenter of growth because the ASEAN region plays a crucial role in global development.
'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' - 'one earth, one family, one future', this sentiment is also the theme of India's G-20 Presidency.
Your Majesty, Excellencies,
The 21st century is Asia's century. It is our century.
For this, it is necessary to build a rule-based post-COVID world order and efforts by all for human welfare.
The progress of free and open Indo-Pacific and elevating the Voice of Global South is in the common interest of all.
I believe that today's discussions will lead to new resolutions for strengthening the future of India and the ASEAN region.
Country Coordinator Singapore, upcoming Chair Lao PDR, and with all of you,
India is committed to working shoulder to shoulder with you.
Thank you.
DISCLAIMER - This is the approximate translation of Prime Minister's Press Statement. Original Press Statement were delivered in Hindi.
Ministry of Science & Technology
Scientific administrators discuss ways to make research assessment more robust
Scientific administrators from across ministries deliberated on ways to make research assessment methods robust and inclusive so that new ideas that are relevant for India are encouraged and young talents get opportunities, at a workshop on Research Assessment Practices in Indian Funding Agencies.
“Assessment of research is a burning challenge across the globe and experts from around the world are looking for ways to tackle it. India should develop its own method of assessing research projects, their outputs and outcomes that are adaptable to the country,” said DST Secretary Dr S Chandrasekhar. He highlighted the benefits of blind assessment—where the reviewer assesses projects without knowing the person or the institute which has submitted the proposal. Dr Chandrasekhar also stressed on the need to organize workshops for sensitizing reviewers.
The day long workshop was organized by the Department of Science and Technology  and attended by scientific administrators of different levels who participated in activities to help assess the current status of research evaluation and suggest measures for improvement.
Senior Advisor, DST, Dr Akhilesh Gupta stressed on responsible research assessment that takes into account the huge diversity of India, in terms of geography, gender, access to resources, institutional facilities, etc. He also highlighted the need for a thematic club of reviewers and paying honorarium to reviewers for improving the quality of review process.
The workshop and panel discussion was organised by the Policy Coordination & Programme Management  division of the DST along with DST Policy Fellows to understand the current intramural and extramural research assessment practices of India’s funding agencies, their strengths and weaknesses, using interactive exercises and discussions with the research ecosystem stakeholders and also find ways to improve them.
The science administrators discussed that since research priorities and challenges are changing with the time, the current practices built on incentives or indicators and primarily based on journal-based matrices required a relook and as recommended by the draft 5th STI Policy of India needed a reworked research assessment framework to improve the research agenda. They added that while the responsible metrics movement around the globe, such as the Leiden Manifesto, DORA Declaration, and so on are important in raising awareness about alternative holistic metrics of research evaluation, an India centric research assessment practice was the need of the hour.
Officials from DST, Department of Bio-technology, M/o Earth Sciences, Indian Council for Medical Research, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, Science & Engineering Research Board, Indian Council of Agricultural Research and other scientific funding agencies participated in the workshop and panel discussion.
Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Khadi & Village Industries Commission Celebrates World Bee Day
KVIC has distributed over 1.70 lakh Bee Boxes; has added over 8000 million bees into the nature: Chairman KVIC
Mumbai, 20 May 2022
Khadi & Village Industries Commission  celebrated World Bee Day under Honey Mission Programme at its central and field offices. The Programme at Head Quarters, KVIC, Mumbai was chaired by Chief Executive Officer, KVIC, Ms. Preeta Verma.
Chairman KVIC, Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena in his video message congratulated all beekeepers in the country for promoting beekeeping activities. “Honey Mission Programmes’ was commenced in 2017 and in these four years, the results have been really encouraging,” the Chairman appreciated the efforts of the beekeepers.
“KVIC has distributed over 1.70 lakh bee boxes to farmers, tribals and unemployed youths so far,” the Chairman said. He mentioned that the boxes were distributed across country which has supported their livelihood. “KVIC has added over 8000 million bees into the nature which is a record in itself,” he informed. He urged people to promote beekeeping for the larger benefits of the mankind. “If we want to make our lives sweet as honey, we must learn from the bees to stay united, be it our family, our country or our own lives,” he added.
CEO, KVIC, Ms. Preeta Verma, in her address said that KVIC has always been at the forefront of its responsibility and duties and KVIC has done excellent work since the year 2017 in the field of beekeeping. KVIC made people aware of it by promoting the Honey Mission programme and converting it into employment opportunities.
Chief Vigilance Officer , KVIC Ms. Sanghmitra and Jt. CEO Shri Satya Narayan Shukla also attended ther programme, All programme Directors and officials of KVIC were present during the celebration
Beekeeping is a widespread and global activity, with millions of beekeepers depending on bees for their livelihoods and well-being. Together with wild pollinators, bees play a major role in maintaining biodiversity, ensuring the survival and reproduction of many plants, supporting forest regeneration, promoting sustainability and adaptation to climate change, improving the quantity and quality of agricultural productions.
For more details on Beekeeping and Honey Mission Programme
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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1 spearhead India’s Amrit Kaal growth journey over the next 25 years: Dr. Jitendra Singh
ISRO has a capacity now to compete with NASA, Roscosmos etc. in space expeditions: Dr. Jitendra Singh
This era is rightfully called as ‘Modi Era’ and world has hailed PM Modi for his progressive policy decisions, Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1 are its outcomes, says Dr. Jitendra Singh
Union Minister of State  Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today said, Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-spearhead India’s Amrit Kaal growth journey over the next 25 years.
Dr. Jitendra Singh said this while launching the ‘Meri Maati Mera Desh’ campaign at Tikri-1B Panchayat in district Udhampur which marks the beginning of the Amrit Kalash Yatras starting all over the country which includes collection of mitti and rice from every household symbolising the participation of the people in the prosperity of the motherland.
During the inauguration, Dr. Jitendra Singh said, India's recent Space marvels have only been possible under the PM Shri Narendra Modi who has opened up new vistas for India’s space sector through public private partnership model and now the ‘sky is not the limit’ dictum has become true for India's Space Sector.
The last nine years have witnessed a quantum jump in India’s space journey, making India standing at par with NASA, Roscosmos etc. which are now collaborating with ISRO for space expeditions, Dr. Jitendra Singh added.
Dr. Jitendra Singh said, the supremacy which India has evidently demonstrated before the world in terms of its human resource and human calibre through cost effective means despite constrained resources has put India as a frontline nation and a scientific-cum-economic force to reckon with.
Dr. Jitendra Singh further said, the whole world gives credit for all this to PM Modi for having taken several progressive policy decisions like bringing all the stakeholders together to put in a joint effort with a collective contribution.
During the event, Dr. Jitendra Singh also urged people to participate in Amrit Kalash Yatras, take the ‘Panch Pran’ pledge, commit to India’s progress and development so as to witness India reaching its zenith in 2047.
Besides PRI representatives of the area, the event was addressed by DDC Chairperson Shri Lal Chand and Deputy Commissioner Udhampur, Saloni Rai.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Tertiary value addition centres being set up in tribal areas of Jagdalpur and Raigad under TRIFOOD
Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited , under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, has its own E-commerce portal www.tribesindia.com to market tribal products. It is also present on all major e-commerce portals like Amazon, Snapdeal, Flipkart, Paytm, and Gem. TRIFOOD Scheme is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Food Processing Industry, Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TRIFED. Under this scheme, tertiary value addition centres are being set up by TRIFED at Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh and Raigad in Maharashtra at a cost of approximately Rs.11 crore.
This information was given by Minister of Statefor Tribal Affairs, Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta in a reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
First batch of CRE training program on “NIEPID Indian Test of Intelligence” for the RCI registered professions was inaugurated
First batch of CRE  training program on “NIEPID  Indian Test of Intelligence” for the RCI registered professions was inaugurated by Shri Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary, DEPwD, MSJ&E, Govt. of India in the presence of Shri Rajeev Sharma, Joint Secretary, DEPwD, MSJ&E, Govt. of India. Shri B. V. Ram Kumar, Director, NIEPID welcomed all the participants who joined from Eight states with a short notice. The Secretary, DEPwD appreciated the NIEPID Team for developing the Indigenous test which is the need of the hour. He announced that the test was approved by DGHS and is included as an add-on test for issuing the disability certificate.
He informed that the first disability certificate and UDID card using NIEPID Indian Test of Intelligence will be issued in the first week of October, 2023. It was also announced in the meeting that, Two International training programs will be organized for participants from SAARC Countries in the month of November & December on NIEPID Indian Test of Intelligence and Indian Scale for Assessment of Autism .
During his address, Shri Rajeev Sharma, Joint Secretary & Chairperson EC, informed that the test will be translated into Hindi & other vernacular languages very soon. It was also announced that, the next series of workshops will focus on training staff from NIs, DDRCs, CDEICs & District Medical Boards so that RCI registered Rehabilitation/Clinical psychologists will be trained to use this test for issuing disability certificate. It was announced that, the NIEPID Indian Test of Intelligence will be patented and kept as an open source to reduce the burden on professionals as the existing International tools have an exorbitant cost. The Department is also going to undertake a project on Adaptive Behaviour Assessment Scale and SLD tool which will be developed and standardized on Indian population.
Dr. Saroj Arya, Principle Project Advisor for NIEPID Indian Test of Intelligence has urged the professionals to follow the ethical practices in the assessment of IQ. Shri B. V. Ram Kumar, Director, NIEPID has assured that regional training workshops will be conducted to reach maximum number of professionals.
The Meeting ended with vote of thanks by Dr. R. Shilpa Manogna., R & D Coordinator, NIEPID.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr L Murugan will arrive in Agatti on Friday  on a two-day visit to Lakshadweep
Kochi, October 27, 2021
Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Dr. L Murugan will arrive in Agatti Island on Friday  on a two-day visit to Lakshadweep. After arriving at Kochi from Bengaluru, the Minister will proceed to Lakshadweep. On the afternoon of October 29, he will visit the Ornamental Fish Hatchery and Poultry Farms in Agatti and also interact with fishermen.
Later in the evening, the Union Minister will reach Kavaratti and visit the Fisheries Museum there. Here too, the minister will interact with fishermen. On October 30, he will visit the Seaweed site in Kavaratti. Later, he will proceed to Bangaram and attend an official function there. In the afternoon, Sri Murugan will interact with the island's fishermen community. The Union Minister will reach Agatti from Bangaram on October 31 and return to Kochi after completing his visit to Lakshadweep. After attending a local event in Kochi, Dr. L Murugan will proceed for a temple visit at Kodungallur in Thrissur. Later that night, he will return to Delhi from Kochi.
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Ministry of Coal
BCCL, Ministry of Coal organizes Covid-19 Vaccination as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations
Under the nation-wide Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations, Bharat Cocking Coal Ltd. , a Miniratna company  under the Ministry of Coal, has organized a special vaccination drive against Covid-19. Held at Ambedkar School of Martial Arts, Jagjeevan Nagar, Dhanbad, the campaign has benefitted large number of people especially 250 SafaiKarmies of BCCL with the first dose of COVISHIELD.
Safai Karmies have been the backbone of BCCL’s fight against COVID-19 right from the beginning. With their dedicated and continuous efforts, BCCL has been able to provide uninterrupted services in its COVID-19 hospitals, quarantine centers, offices, mines and colonies. Those who received the first dose of the vaccine werealso issued with an envelope containing a bottle of hand sanitizer and reusable cotton face mask. A totalof 300 hand sanitizers and face masks were distributed on the occasion.
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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
DPIIT launches second edition of States’ ranking on Startup initiatives
After the successful first edition of States’ Startup Ranking in 2018, where 27 States and 3 Union Territories participated, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade  today released second edition of Startup Ranking for 2019.
The Startup Ranking framework aims to rank the States/UTs for establishing a robust ecosystem for supporting Startups. The framework also encourages States and UTs to identify, learn and replicate good practices from each other.
The Ranking Framework 2019 comprises of 7 pillars and 30 action points. The pillars will assess States’/UTs efforts acrossinstitutional support, simplifying regulations, easing public procurement, incubation support, seed funding support, venture funding support and awareness and outreach related activities. The ranking exercise aims to evaluate measures taken by States/UTs during the assessment period from May 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019.
DPIIT has prepared the framework after several rounds of consultation with State and UT Governments. The framework has evolved distinctly as compared to last year with major emphasis on collecting feedback from Startups and other important stakeholders from the Startup ecosystem. The States/UTs are to submit their reforms on the State Startup Ranking dashboard hosted on www.startupindia.gov.in.
DPIIT also proposes to recognise States and UTs for their exemplaryperformance in seven pillars of the ranking framework. As part of the Ranking 2019 exercise, DPIIT will recognize innovative Startup programs and initiatives from State/UT Governments.
The launch of the ranking framework in 2018 galvanized the States/UTs into action, thereby giving impetus to the Startup movement across the country. Till date, 25 States and UTs have launched their dedicated Startup policies to incentivize Startups in their jurisdiction. The Startup Ranking 2019 is expected to take forward the Startup ecosystem in the country and give impetus to the vision of India becoming a Startup Nation.